Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
New Jersey - Essex County - Historic Districts
Essex County New Jersey (Historic Districts) has 27 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Edison National Historic Site, Branch Brook Park, Enclosure Historic District, Morris Canal and Short Hills Park Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Essex County historic places including Thomas Alva Edison, Minnie A. Lucey and Llewellyn Haskell.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Essex County places including H. Hudson Holly, Olmstead Brothers, Ephraim Beach, Barron Von Strom, Olmsted Bros, Ephraim Morris, M.H. Baillie Scott, Bogart & Barrett, Albro & Lindeberg and Dudley Van Antwerp. Prominent architectural styles found in Essex Country are Late Victorian, Colonial Revival and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Bloomfield Green Historic District (added 1978 - - #78001757)
Bounded by Belleville Ave., Montgomery, Spruce, State, Liberty, and Franklin Sts. , Bloomfield
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Capen,John F.
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Education, Community Planning And Development, Military, Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Branch Brook Park (added 1981 - - #81000392)
Also known as See Also:Sydenham House;Cathedral of the Sacred Heart;Essex
Roughly bounded by Belleville Park, Washington and Clifton Aves., 6th and Orange Sts. , Newark and Belleville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Olmsted Bros, Bogart & Barrett
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park, Sport Facility
Central Avenue Commercial Historic District (added 1983 - - #83001600)
Also known as Central Avenue Shopping Area
560-654 Central Ave. , East Orange
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple, Warren-Warren
Architectural Style:
Other, Tudor Revival, Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Professional, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Specialty Store, Warehouse
East Orange VA (Veterans Administration) Hospital (added 2018 - - #100002831)
385 Tremont Avenue, East Orange
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1952-1958 AD
Edison National Historic Site (added 1966 - - #66000052)
Also known as The Laboratory;Glenmont
Main St. between Alden and Lakeside Sts. , West Orange
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Edison,Thomas Alva
Significant Year:
1931, 1887
Area of Significance:
Science, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Research Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
Enclosure Historic District (added 1974 - - #74001160)
Enclosure and Calico Lane , Nutley
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Von Strom,Barron
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Art, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Erwin Park Historic District (added 1986 - - #86002969)
Roughly bounded by Central Ave., Valley Rd., Holland Ter., Midland Ave., and Brunswick Rd. , Montclair
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Nelson,Francis,et al., Van Antwerp,Dudley
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
First Residential District (added 1986 - - #86002963)
Also known as See Also:Crane, Israel, House
Bounded by Mountain and Hillside Aves., Plymouth and Union Sts., Prospect Ter., Hawthorne Pl., Harrison and Gates Aves. , Montclair
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
De Cunha,George,et al., Norris,A.F.
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Forest Hill Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001193)
Roughly bounded by Verona Ave., Mt. Prospect Ave., 2nd Ave., and Branch Brook Park , Newark
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Multiple
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Four Corners Historic District (added 2000 - - #00001061)
Roughly bounded by Raymond Blvd., Mulberry St., Hill St. and Washington St. , Newark
Tysto, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gilbert, Cass, et.al
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Theater
Glen Ridge Historic District (added 1982 - - #82004784)
Also known as See Also:Glen Ridge Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Roughly bounded by Bay St., Essex and Midland Aves., Adams Pl., Spencer Rd., and Franklin Pl. , Glen Ridge
Desmond57, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Multiple Dwelling, Park, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Forest, Multiple Dwelling, Park, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Glen Ridge Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1988 - - #88002155)
Also known as See Also:Glen Ridge Historic District
N side roughly along Ridgewood and Forest Ave. from Bay to Gray St., S side along Hawthorne, Carteret, and Midland Ave. , Glen Ridge
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
James Street Commons Historic District (added 1978 - - #78001758)
Also known as See Also:Ballantine Mansion;St Patrick's Pro Cathedral;James
Roughly bounded by Halsey, Warren, Boyden, Bleeker, Orange, and Broad Sts. , Newark
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rankin & Kewllogg, O'Rourke,Jeremiah
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Art Deco, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Art, Education, Industry, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Lincoln Park Historic District (added 1984 - - #84002646)
Also known as See Also:La Prima Inglesia Hispanica Reformada
Lincoln Park, Clinton Ave., and Spruce and Broad Sts. , Newark
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Italianate, Other
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Llewellyn Park Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000423)
Also known as See Also:Edison National Historic Site
Roughly bounded by Eagle Rock Ave., Main St., Pleasant Ave., and NJ 280 , West Orange
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Haskell,Llewellyn
Significant Year:
1865, 1913, 1850
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Park, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park, Single Dwelling
Marlboro Park Historic District (added 1988 - - #86002967)
Roughly along Fairfield St., Waterbury Rd., Montclair Ave., and Watchung Ave. between N. Fullerton and Grove Sts. , Montclair
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Van Antwerp,Dudley
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Military Park Commons Historic District (added 2004 - - #04000649)
Roughly bounded by Washington Pl., McCarter Hwy, E. Park St. and Raymond Blvd. , Newark
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ely, Wilson and John, Guilbert and Betelle
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, School, Specialty Store
Miller Street Historic District (added 1988 - - #86002971)
Miller and Fulton Sts. between Elmwood Ave., Elm, and New Sts. , Montclair
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Montrose Park Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000978)
Roughly bounded by S. Orange, Sanford, and Heywood Aves., and Holland Rd. , South Orange
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Shingle Style, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Morris Canal (added 1974 - - #74002228)
Irregular line beginning at Phillipsburg and ending at Jersey City , Not Applicable
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Morris,Ephraim, Beach,Ephraim
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Mount Pleasant Cemetery (added 1988 - - #87000836)
375 Broadway , Newark
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Baldwin,Horace E.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Art, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
Mountain District (added 1988 - - #86002970)
Roughly bounded by Highland, Bradford, Upper Mountain, and Claremont Aves. , Montclair
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Wallis,Frank E.
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
North Broad Street Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000813)
136--148 Broad St. , Newark
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brown, George, & Company
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Work In Progress
Orange Memorial Hospital Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000797)
Orange, Orange
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1974 AD
Pine Street Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000175)
Roughly bounded by Glenridge Ave., the NJ TRANSIT Boonton Line, Pine and Baldwin Sts. , Montclair
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
DePace, Anthony, Holmes, Anthony
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Historic Person:
Lucey, Minnie A.
Significant Year:
1912, 1937, 1929
Area of Significance:
Architecture, European, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Church School, Civic, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Church School, Civic, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Short Hills Park Historic District (added 1980 - - #80002482)
Off NJ 24 , Millburn
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Scott,M.H. Baillie, Albro & Lindeberg
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Shingle Style, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Weequahic Park Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000013)
Roughly bounded by Meeker Ave., Dayton St., the Union County border and Maple Ave. , Newark
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Olmstead Brothers
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
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